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Nature has become more distant, I feel looking back at the world of the last ten years or so. Some mountains have been contaminated by radiation, and forests seem to be just around the corner, but invisible lines have been drawn.
There are two rivers in this area of Maebashi City, and I observed the flow of the rivers beside the flow of people strolling along them. I observed the flow of the river as people strolled along it, watching it ripple, fall, hit the river's edge, and return to the center, swirling around stones, plants, and trees, giving it various expressions. However, the river water we were looking at had moved downstream from the point we were looking at in a few minutes, and the water we saw now was a different group of water. Realizing that it is impossible to capture water that is forever moving, I decided to buy four shifters at Shimada Sifter Store in Maebashi City as a way to capture the water in front of me as it was moving, and scoop up the river water at four locations in Baba River and Hirose River.
The sifted water was separated by the meshes, and then merged with the original group and blended in somewhere else.
As my body experienced the weight of the water, the movement and speed of the current, I felt the sympathy, difference, and response of an object that was alive as well as the impressions of the beautiful river scenery and representations, but I felt the endlessness of the distance as an object, and my significance remained submerged at the bottom of the river. In order to confirm the existence of what I could not see around me, I crawled and collected a little bit of water from Baba River and Hirose River using a long acrylic tube to reach the surface of the water far from the river edge. We decided to wait for the things that were buzzing in the river water to appear.
Artist / Curator Born in Mie Prefecture, currently lives in Nakanojo Town. She has participated in artist-in-residencies and art festivals in Japan and abroad, and while working as an artist on the theme of movement and marginality, she has also conducted research on the relationship between the community and cultural projects, their origins, and their operational objectives. She is currently in charge of the direction of the Nakanojo Town Artist-in-Residence program.
The "creative power" of art and culture is needed as energy to face the challenges of modern society and to create new values and attractions. The city center of Maebashi is also dotted with art and cultural activity centers, including an art gallery that was established with the opening of Arts Maebashi. Citizens who have gathered around these centers are continuing to carry out their own activities, and a new local culture is being born in Maebashi. In October 2015, we established a non-profit organization, Maebashi Art Practice, in order to promote the independence of citizens in a sustainable manner.
River to River: An Art Festival by the River
The Hirose River and Baba River are located in the city of Maebashi. The Hirose River and the Baba River in the city of Maebashi bring us a lot of inspiration as well as moisture and rich scenery.
The "River to River Art Festival" will feature exhibitions and theatrical performances at art spaces, historical buildings, and other locations in the watershed of the two rivers.
Like the river that continues to flow there, we hope that through this art festival we will encounter the present and the past of Maebashi, and that this will lead to the future.
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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.
